Marilyn Monroe: Death of an Icon

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 59 min
  • Premiere: 2010. February 10.

Documentary about Marilyn Monroe: 1962: America loses its blonde icon. Marilyn Monroe dies under mysterious circumstances. How did she die? The police report states: probable suicide. But there are many things that point to murder: a corpse draped too beautifully, an investigation that was cut short, evidence that disappeared. Plus Marilyn's affairs with the then US President John F. Kennedy and his brother Bobby. What really happened on that fateful summer night? After her housekeeper discovers the body, six hours pass before the police are called. She finds a beautifully draped corpse, sleeping pills in the blood but no pill residue in the stomach, witnesses who seem uncertain. The first investigator thinks about murder - and is taken off the case. Today no police files can be found.

Discover

Marilyn Monroe

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Jonathan Gilmore

Self (archive footage)

Joe DiMaggio

Self (archive footage)

Camera

Hans Albrecht Lusznat

Director of Photography

Steve Elkins

Director of Photography

Thomas Rist

Director of Photography

Jens Thiele

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Marion Renk-Rosenthal

Production Manager

Isi ter Jung

Researcher

Judith Elias

Production Manager

Marvin Paige

Production Manager

Sound

Camera

Hans Albrecht Lusznat

Director of Photography

Steve Elkins

Director of Photography

Thomas Rist

Director of Photography

Jens Thiele

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Production

Marion Renk-Rosenthal

Production Manager

Isi ter Jung

Researcher

Judith Elias

Production Manager

Marvin Paige

Production Manager

Sound